Ski lodge furniture and ski cabin decor
The mountain house problem is always the same. The bones are great, the view does most of the heavy lifting, and then it gets furnished with the same things everybody else bought and ends up looking like a rental. Ski house furniture should look like somebody in the house actually skis.
Colorado Ski Chairs builds indoor furniture and decor by hand in Manitou Springs, Colorado, out of real retired skis and snowboards. Coffee tables, benches, bar stools, wall art, coat hooks, hall trees, and the occasional carved bear. Every piece is one of a kind, because the gear it came from was.
Living rooms and dens
Snowboard coffee tables built solid enough to double as a boot bench, plus ski bar stools for the basement bar.
Walls that have been empty for years
Mountain murals, Colorado scenes and Bigfoot, cut from real skis and walnut stained wood.
Carved bears and oddities
Chainsaw carved bears in two sizes, ski pole plungers, and other things you did not know you needed.
Room by room
Living rooms and dens
The snowboard coffee tables are the anchor pieces, hand painted with mountain murals and built to take weight, like the Customizable Single Snowboard Coffee Table. Add a pair of Customizable Ski Bar Stools for the basement bar and a piece of Colorado Mountain Mural Ski Wall Art for the wall that has stayed empty since you moved in.
Entries and mudrooms
This is where ski cabin decor earns its keep. A ski hall tree and an antique crossed skis coat hook hold real coats and real wet gear, which is more than most decor can claim.
Kitchens, bars and the odd corner
The Farmhouse Table and Benches works indoors as easily as out. And then there are the Ski Pole Plungers, which are exactly what they sound like and are bought as gifts far more often than as plumbing.
Carved bears and raw skis
The chainsaw carved bears come in two sizes and are cut by hand, so no two share a face. If you would rather build something yourself, we sell vintage skis by the set as raw material for your own project, including cross country, powder and steel Volants.
Ski resort furniture and commercial orders
A good share of what leaves the shop goes into lodges, restaurants, breweries, hotels and rental properties. Matched sets in your brand colors, with your logo applied as a decal or an aluminum applique rather than painted, built to survive guests. Resort lobbies, restaurant patios and hotel whiskey tasting rooms around Colorado are furnished with these. If you are outfitting a property rather than a room, start with Branded and Office Solutions, or call and describe the space.
Airbnb and VRBO hosts
One genuinely unusual piece is worth more in your listing photos than a whole catalog of beige. Guests photograph a snowboard coffee table. Nobody in the history of short term rentals has ever photographed a beige ottoman. See Host Packages for matched sets built for rentals.
Frequently asked questions
Is this furniture only for mountain houses?
No. Plenty of it goes into ordinary homes, offices and basements. The pieces read as craft furniture with a story rather than themed decor, so they sit fine in a room that is not trying to be a lodge.
Are the skis and snowboards real?
Yes. Every piece is built from genuine retired gear, which is why the graphics and wear vary from one item to the next and no two are the same.
Can indoor pieces go outside?
Many can. Most are finished in exterior oils on solid frames and are rated for indoor or outdoor use. The product page says which, and if it matters for your space just ask.
Will a snowboard coffee table hold weight?
Yes. They are built to be sat on as well as set on, which is why so many end up serving as boot benches through the winter.
Can you match our colors or add a logo?
Yes. Brand color matching, logos, murals and custom artwork are routine, and are the norm on commercial orders.
How long does an order take?
Most pieces are made to order, typically two to four weeks, and some are ready to ship. Local delivery covers Colorado Springs, Denver, Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen and most of the state, and we ship nationwide to the lower 48.
More questions people ask about ski lodge furniture
What is the meaning of ski lodge?
Strictly, the lodge is the building at the base of a mountain where people eat, warm up and leave their boots. Loosely, it has come to mean a look: heavy timber, a fire, worn leather, and gear on the walls that clearly got used. Most people asking are not buying a mountain. They want a room at home that feels like the end of a good day on the hill.
What are ski lodges made of?
Timber, stone and steel, mostly, because those are what survive a winter at altitude and what look right doing it. The furniture inside follows the same logic. Everything here is built on solid wood with real retired skis and snowboards worked into it, finished in exterior oils, which is why the same pieces work on a covered porch and in a living room.
What would you find in a ski lodge?
A big fireplace, long tables, benches that take a beating, hooks by every door, old skis on the wall, and a chair somebody always sits in. That list is more or less this category. The difference is that a lodge collects those things over thirty years and we build them on purpose, in your colors, in two to four weeks.
